Tornado Alley (PROG)

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Wichita Falls Tornado


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http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/nssl0076.htm

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The Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak of April 10, 1979
30th Anniversary (1979-2009)
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/wxevents/19790410/

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Audio Presentation - Wichita County, Texas SKYWARN Storm Spotters Recording for April 10, 1979

On Tuesday, April 10, 1979, the city of Wichita Falls, Texas was struck by a large tornado. The members of the Wichita County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), operating as SKYWARN Storm Spotters, made the first report of the storm to the National Weather Service, and are credited with saving many lives in the city.

During the afternoon of April 10, Danny Roberts, WB5ORE, from Nocona, Texas [ http://noconachamber.netfirms.com/noc-map.htm ], happened to be listening to the Wichita County ARES repeater and, as the storms began to develop southwest of Wichita Falls, he began to record the net on his small cassette recorder simply by laying the mike next to his radio speaker. His recording, just over 74 minutes in length, continued throughout the net until all of the power went off in Wichita Falls.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/images/wxevents/19790410/media/skywarnradionet.wma [click to stream or right-click to 'save as' and then listen] [via http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/wxevents/19790410/media.php ]

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Terrible Tuesday: April 10, 1979 in Wichita Falls, Texas

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Wichita Falls Texas Tornado

[this one loads oddly, at least on my box; pause, let the download complete, then play]

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Tornado TV special 1979 - KXAS (1 of 2)
Tornado special on KXAS Ch. 5 Ft. Worth, TX in April 1979. Focuses on Wichita Falls 4/10/79 tornado. Features the legendary Ch. 5 chief meteorologist Harold Taft with Chip Moody hosting.

Tornado TV special 1979 - KXAS (2 of 2)